Cairns, J. and L.G. Lajtha. Loss of white cell in bone marrow culture. Nature: 162, 536, 1948.

Cairns, J. and G.A. Summers. Penicillin-resistant staphylococci. Incidence in relation to length of stay in hospital. Lancet: 446, 1950. (Infection with a penicillin-resistant strains is usually the resul tof cross-inffection with the resistant strains in the hospital rather than mutation of the patient's strain as the result of treatment with penicillin.)

Cairns, J. Intracerebral inoculation of mice: fate of the inoculum. Nature 166: 910, 1950.

Cairns, J. Protection by receptor-destroying enzyme against infection with a neurotropic variant of influenza. Nature 168: 335, 1951.

Cairns, J. The growth influenza viruses and Newcastle disease virus in mouse brain. British Journal of Exp. Pathology 32: 110, 1951.

Cairns, J., and J.M. Edney. Quantitative aspects of influenza virus multiplication. I. Production of incomplete virus. Journal of Immunology 69: 155, 1952.

Cairns, J. Quantitative aspects of influenza virus multiplication. III. Average liberation time. Journal of Immunology 69:168, 1952. (Unlike bacteriophage, influenza virus is liberated from the cell in a trickle, not a burst.) Fazekas de St. Groth, S., and J. Cairns. Quantitative aspects of influenza virus multiplication. IV. Definition of constants and general discussion. Journal of Immunology 69: 173, 1952.

Cairns, J., and P.J. Mason. Production of influenza A-virus in the cells of the allantois. Journal of Immunology 71: 38, 1953. (Unlike bacteriophage, influenza virus is assembled only as it leaves the cell surface.)

Cairns, J. The limited growth of influenza viruses in mouse brain. Australian Journal of Exp. Biology 32: 123,1954.

Cairns, J. Multiplicity reactivation of influenza virus. Journal of Immunology 75: 326, 1955.

Cairns, J., and G.S. Watson. Multiplicity reactivation of bacteriophage. Nature 177: 131, 1956.

Cairns, J. Site of the chorioallantoic inhibitor of influenza virus haemagglutinin. Nature 178: 744; 1956.

Cairns, J. The asymchrony of infection by influenza virus. Virology 3:1, 1957.

Cairns, J. and S. Fazekas de St. Groth. The number of allantoic cells in the chick embryo. Journal of Immunology 78: 191, 1957.

Cairns, J. and Frank Fenner. Variation in virulence in relation to adaptation to new hosts. In "The Viruses." Ed. Stanley, W.M. and Burnet, F.M. Vol. 3, 1959.

Gemmell A. and J. Cairns. Linkage in the genome of an animal virus. Virology 8: 381, 1959. (This was the first genetic map prepared for an animal virus.)

Cairns, J. The initiation of vaccinia infection. Virology 11:603-623, 1960. (Vaccinia virus DNAis replicated in "factories" in the cytoplasm.)

Cairns, J. An estimate of the length of the DNA molecule of T2 bacteriophage by autoradiography. Journal of Molecular Biology 3:756, 1961. (This was the first time an intact nucleic acid molecule was visualized)

Cairns, J. Proof that the replication of DNA involves separation of the strands. Nature 194: 1274, 1962.

Cairns, J. A minimum estimate for the length of the DNA of Escherichia coli obtained by autoradiography. Journal of Molecular Biology 4: 407, 1962.

Cairns, J. The application of autoradiography to the study of DNA viruses. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 27: 311, 1962.

Cairns, J. The bacterial chromosome and its manner of replication as seen by autoradiography. Journal of Molecular Biology 6:208, 1963. (This was the first time DNA replication forks were visualized.)

Davern, C.I. and J. Cairns. Nucleic acids and proteins. American Journal of Med. 34: 600, 1963.

Cairns, J. The form and duplication of DNA. Endeavour 22:141, 1963.

Cairns, J. The chromosomes of Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 28: 43, 1963.

Cairns, J. The bacterial chromosome. Scientific American 214: 36, 1966.

Cairns, J. and C.I. Davern. Effect of 32P decay upon DNA synthesis by a radiation-sensitive strain of Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology: 17, 418-427, 1966. (DNA replication stops if there is an unrepaired gap anywhere in the bacterial chromosome.)

Cairns, J. Autoradiography of HeLa cell DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology 15: 372-373, 1966. (Mammalian DNA is replicated as many small replicons joined end-to-end)

Cairns, J. The Autoradiography of DNA. in Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology. Eds. J. Cairns, G. S. Stent, and J. D. Watson. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1966.

Cairns, J., and C.I. Davern. The mechanics of DNA replication in bacteria. Gatlinburg Symposia, April 1967. Journal of Cell Physiology. 70, supplement 1:65-76, 1967.

Davern, C., J. Cairns, P. DeLucia and A. Gunsalus. The bacterial chromosome as a unit of structure and replication. In "Organizational Biosynthesis", ed. H.J. Vogel, J. O. Lampsen, and V. Bryson. pp. 49-61. Academic Press, New York, 1967.

Cairns, J and D.T. Denhardt. Effect of cyanide and carbon monoxide on the replication of bacterial DNA in vivo. Journal of Molecular Biology 36: 335-342, 1968. (The replication of the bacterial chromosome requires an input of energy in addition to the deoxynucleoside triphosphates.)

De Lucia, P., and J. Cairns. Isolation of an E. coli strain with a mutation affecting DNA polymerase. Nature 224: 1164-1166, 1969. (The Kornberg enzyme is not the enzyme that is responsible for duplication of the bacterial chromosome.)

Cairns, J. DNA Synthesis. Harvey Lecture, 1970.

Cairns, J. DNA Synthesis. British Medical Bulletin 29: 188, 1973.

Cairns, J. Mutation, selection and the natural history of cancer. Nature, 255: 197-200, 1975.

Cairns, J. The cancer problem. Scientific American. November 1975.

Samson, L. and J. Cairns. A new pathway for DNA repair in Escherichia coli. Nature 267: 281-283. May 1977. (The discovery of the inducible methyltransferase used for repair of lethal and mutagenic lesions produced by alkylating agents.)

N. Brewin and J. Cairns. State of the DNA replication fork during thymine deprivation of Escherichia coli, as observed by pulse labeling with (3h) thymidine. Journal of Molecular Biology. 111:353-363, 1977.

Cairns, J. Some thoughts about cancer research in lieu of a summary. In "Origins of Human Cancer" Eds. Hiatt, H.H., Watson, J.D. and Winsten, J.A., Cold Spring Harbor, 1977.

Potten, C.S. W. J. Hume, P. Reid and J. Cairns. The segregation of DNA in epithelial stem cells. Cell 15: 899-906, 1978

Schendel, P.F., M. Defais, P. Jeffo, L. Samson and J. Cairns. Pathways of mutagenesis and repair in Escherichia coli exposed to low levels of simple alkylating agents. Journal of Bacteriology 135: 466-475, 1978.

Schendel, P.F., M. Defais, P. Jeggo, L. Samson and J. Cairns. Pathways involved in repair of alkylation damage in E. coli. In: The Proceedings of the meeting on DNA repair, Keystone. February 1978.

Cairns, J. Cancer: the case for preventive strategies. In "The Surgeon's General Report on health promotion and disease prevention. DHSS 1979.

Cairns, John. Cancer, Science and Society. W.H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1978.

Robins, P. & Cairns, J. Quantitation of the adaptive response to alkylating agents. Nature 280: 74, 1979. (The ada gene product behaves like a suicide substrate for the methyl group of 06-me-guanine.)

Cairns J. Differentiation and cancer. Differentiation. 13(1):67, 1979

Cairns J. The Leeuwenhoek Lecture, 1978. Bacteria as proper subjects for cancer research. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Series B: Biological Sciences. 208(1171): 121-33, 1980 Jun 24.

Cairns J. Efficiency of the adaptive response of Escherichia coli to alkylating agents. Nature. 286(5769):176-8, 1980 Jul 10.

Cairns, J., Joseph, Lyon, Mark Skolnick Ed. Cancer incidence in defined populations/ Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1980

Cairns, J. The contribution that the study of cell biology may make to the treatment and prevention of cancer. In "Cancer achievements, challenges and prospects for the 1980s: Eds. Burchenal, J.J., & Oettgen, H.F. Grune & Stratton, 1980.

Cairns J. Robins P. Sedgwick B. Talmud P. The inducible repair of alkylated DNA. Progress in Nucleic Acid Research & Molecular Biology. 26:237-44, 1981.

Cairns, J. The origin of human cancers. Nature. 289(5796): 353-7, 1981 Jan 29.

Foster P.L., Eisenstadt E., Cairns, J. Random Components in mutagenesis. Nature 299:365, 1982.

Logan, J. & Cairns, J. The secrets of cancer. Nature 300: 104-5, 1982.

Cairns J. Random components in mutagenesis. Nature. 299(5881):365-7, 1982.

Cairns, J. Aging and cancer as genetic phenomena. In "Research frontier in aging and cancer." NCI Monograph 60, 1982.

Cairns, J. Summary. In "Mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis. Liss Inc., 1982.

Cairns, J. & Boye, P. Cancer chemotherapy. Science 220:252, 1983. (An estimate of the number of lives being saved by cancer chemotherapy.)

Cairns, J. Study of familial effects as a way of investigating the origin of human cancers. In "Chromosome mutation and neoplasia", ed. German, J., Liss. Inc, 1983.

Cairns, J. & Logan J., Step by step into carcinogenesis. Nature 300:582, 1983.

Cairns, J. Aging and the natural history of cancer. In "Prevention and treatment of cancer in the elderly". Yancik, R. Raven Press, 1983.

Cairns, J. An onlooker's view of the war against cancer. Harvard Medical School Bicentennial Symposium, 1983.

Cairns, J. Prospero's cell. Cell 33:1, 1983. Book Review.

Kennedy, A.R., Cairns, J., & Little, J.B. The timing of the steps in transformation of C3H 10T 1/2 cells by X-irradiation. Nature 307:86, 1984.

Cairns, J. Familial cancer. Nature 307:116, 1984.

Cairns, J. The present status of the cancer problem. Human Tox. 4, 1985.

Cairns, J. Die geschichtliche Entwicklung der Mortalitat. Mannheimer Forum, 1985. (A history of public health)

Cairns J The treatment of diseases and the war against cancer. Scientific American 253:5 51-59, 1985

Cairns J. Overbaugh J. Miller S. The origins of mutants Nature 335:6186 142-145, 1988. (Evidence for the existence of adaptive mutations.)

Cairns, J. Through a magic casement. Nature 336:268, 1988. Book Review.

Cairns J. The evolution of cancer research. Cancer Cells 1:1-8, 1989.

Cairns, J. The history of mortality. In Diet, Nutrition and Health. Ed., K.K. Carroll. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989.

Cairns J. Mutations and plagiarisms. Nature. 337(6207):497, 1989.

Cairns, J. Behind the veil, Nature 345:585, 1990. Book Review.

Cairns J. Causes of mutation and mu excision. Nature. 345(6272):213, 1990.

Cairns J. Foster PL. Adaptive reversion of a frameshift mutation in Escherichia coli. Genetics. 128:695-701, 1991.

Foster, P. L. and J. Cairns. Mechanisms of directed mutation. Genetics 131:783-789, 1992.

Cairns, J. Preface to the 2nd Edition of "Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology" eds, J. Cairns, G .S. Stent and J.D. Watson, Cold Spring Harbor, 1992.

Cairns, J. Tales of Transformation. Nature 357:452, 1992.

Cairns J. Directed mutation. Science. 260:1221, 1993.

Cairns, J. Misdirections in Genetics. Amer. Scientist 82:100-101, 1994.

Cairns, J. Writing up the Past. Nature 368:699, 1994. Book Review.

Foster PL. Cairns J. The occurrence of heritable Mu excisions in starving cells of Escherichia coli. EMBO Journal. 13:5240-4, 1994.

Cairns, J. The politics of cancer. Nature 374:417-418, 1995. Book Review.

Cairns, J. The war against cancer. Nature 386:139-140, 1997. Book Review.

Cairns J. Adaptive mutation and sex. Science. 269(5222):289, 1995.

Cairns J. Alfred Hershey (1908-97). Nature. 388:130, 1997. Obituary.

Cairns, J. Matters of Life and Death. Princeton University Press, 1997.

Cairns J. Mutation and cancer: the antecedents to our studies of adaptive mutation. Genetics. 148(4):1433-40, 1998.

Foster PL. Cairns J. Adaptive mutation of a lacZ amber allele. Genetics. 150(3):1329-30, 1998.

von Borstel J. Cairns J. Charles M. Steinberg (1932-99). Nature. 402(6760):368, 1999.

Cairns J. Last days in Arcadia. Nature. 401(6748):19, 1999.

Cairns J. Cancer fellowships awarded on merit. Nature. 399(6733):195, 1999.

Cairns J. The interface between molecular biology and cancer research. Mutation Research. 462(2-3):423-8, 2000.

Cairns J. The contribution of bacterial hypermutators to mutation in stationary phase. Genetics. 156(2):923-6, 2000.

Cairns J. Somatic stem cells and the kinetics of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99(16):10567-70, 2002 Aug 6.